Out of Obscurity: Looking Ahead (July 14 – July 18)

Every Thursday, The MMA Corner takes a look at the upcoming weekend’s schedule of small regional and international shows with a focus on UFC and Pride veterans as well as consensus-ranked fighters. Here’s what’s going down between July 14 and July 18:

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Shooto: Shootor’s Legacy 3 (Tokyo; July 18)

In a fight that made Sherdog’s list of 10 July Tussles Worth Watching, No. 10-ranked bantamweightMasakatsu Ueda (12-1-2) clashes with Rumina Sato (26-14-2)…No. 1-ranked flyweightYasuhiro Urushitani (18-4-6) will defend his 123-pound Shooto world championship against No. 5-ranked flyweightYuki Shojo (11-5-2)…Dream veteran Kotetsu Boku (18-6-2) and UFC and Dream vet Kuniyoshi Hironaka (18-8) will vie for the vacant Shooto 154-pound world title…The event will air tape delayed on The Fight Network in Canada.

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July 15

Shark Fights 17 (Frisco, Texas)

In a fight that made Sherdog’s list of 10 July Tussles Worth Watching, Jake Rosholt (11-3) will look to avenge a 2010 TKO loss when he rematches with fellow UFC and Bellator veteran Matt Horwich (26-18-1)…UFC and Pride veteran Ricco Rodriguez (46-11) locks horns with Karl Knothe (19-6)…The event airs live on HDNet.

In a fight that made Sherdog’s list of 10 July Tussles Worth Watching, Rodney MacSwain (12-3) will defend his LFC welterweight title against Dream veteran Myung Ho Bae (11-5)…The event airs live on The Fight Network in Canada and live on pay-per-view in the U.S.